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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1963
Page
3
The Daily Record summarizes weather forecasts and local notices including fines for traffic violations, service announcements, births and death notices, and court actions. It lists temperatures, showers, wind, and barometric readings, plus community births in Marion and surrounding areas and divorce petitions.
Marty Burke Frink of Chicago plans to appeal his 1962 conviction for assault with intent to murder Police Officer Curtis Green in Albia Iowa. Frink shot Green during a pursuit after threatening his family and attempting to abduct his children. He remains in custody after the Iowa Supreme Court upheld the verdict.
Vera Greer 7 was rescued by an air force helicopter after five days in a hot west Texas stretch with her dog. She died Friday after exposure and dehydration at Pecos hospital as doctors noted fluctuating consciousness. Her daughter Mrs. S C Brumley Jr of Kermit reported the ordeal and searchers, with the dog later recovered.
Rusk arrived in Leningrad after a Moscow stop to meet Nikita Khrushchev and Andrei Gromyko. Khrushchev praised the city’s restoration and historic role while noting rapid development across the Soviet Union. A light exchange about camera gear highlighted wartime era references and the troika proposal amid the UN Secretariat discussions.
Keppers argued councils with liquor licenses should surrender them amid a claim liquor use violates the Knights of Columbus national constitution. Dautremont stated the Town City council never serves liquor at meetings and has no plans to, noting a club bar exists but not in official events. He said other states interpret the constitution similarly.
Police traced a red plane landing near Cheddington as part of the robbery case while officials warned the best clue may come when suspects quarrel or spend money. In a separate issue the city council refused to approve selling memorial land adjacent to Memorial tennis courts for a reserve training center, citing potential eminent domain by the army corps of engineers and the need for a fair price if condemned.
Calvin H Buckman of Marion faces a district court charge of false uttering for a bad check in Linni County with a warrant issued for his arrest. Judgment entered against Morrison and Harrison for 1059.91 dollars in another case. Rav ens sues Human for return of a 196 automobile and 1500 damages. Ruth Lathrop sues Robert Lathrop in a separate matter.
State Circuit Judge C H Barnett halted mental tests for Byron de la Beckwith accused of killing Medgar Evers. In Philadelphia two separate AP items describe a chlorine gas leak affecting hospitals and a highway crash near Swedesboro with several injured, including New York residents, as responders faced saturated air and limited evacuations.
An Ohio national guard battalion was brought to CAMP GRAYLING Michigan for treatment after a mess officer fell ill with infectious hepatitis. First Lt James Hughes from Columbus was evacuated to Wright Patterson AFB Ohio in satisfactory condition. Contacts were given gamma globulin to prevent spread.
Word has been received of the death of Frank Sedlacek 60 of El Cajon California a former Cedar Rapids resident. He died Thursday afternoon in his home of a heart attack. Surviving is his wife Helen. Funeral services and burial will be held Monday in El Cajon.
Services at Labe Clyde Graveside Shiloh cemetery Wiswatha on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Dr John C Ruthman presiding. Betty Bearle funeral home is in charge of arrangements.
A nostalgic column extols August as the peak for eating, praising roadside stands and fresh produce. It contrasts June poets with August eaters, recalling presidential children who died and celebrating summer's abundance from corn on the cob to peaches, tomatoes, and new potatoes.
Hurricane Arlene swept Bermuda at 92 mph causing minor damage and no injuries. Banana and pine trees fell and the Causeway to Kindley Field was blocked while the hurricane eye crossed the island exactly at noon. The storm weakened and moved eastward away from the U.S. coast with no threat to the mainland.
Washington and Mexico City dispatches describe a sweeping capital gains tax package advancing in the U S House Ways and Means Committee as supporters expect a vote in September. The piece contrasts the plan with food imagery and notes a separate three week visit by Walt Whitman Rostow, counselor and planning council chair, to Mexico City.
Authorities seek James V. Riley, 28, an inmate from Anamosa formatory, who fled Thursday afternoon from University Hospitals where he was being treated. He is 5'8" tall, 154 pounds, brown hair and eyes, ruddy complexion, tattoo on left chest, wearing blue jeans and blue shirt. Located in Northeast Iowa.
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